We have the perfect gift for readers as we gear up for Pride Month! 🌈💖 Queer Directions (QD) presents Queer India Now, an anthology revealing what it means to live, work and love in today's India. Coming to colour your bookshelves soon! Pre-order on amzn.in/d/0b5lC6I3

Summer afternoons with classics! This collector's edition of Saratchandra's short stories is now in bookstores and online.

Join us for the launch of one of the most anticipated books of the year, Wild Wild East on 12 May at India International Centre (IIC). Tanul Thakur in conversation with Narayani Basu.

'One man... grew from a clerk to a mogul in the textile industry, went on to fund some of the first films made in India and set up one of the earliest sugar factories in Maharashtra: Vaman Sridhar Apte. His story, in many ways, is the story of Bombay.' indianexpress.com/article/book...

A Historian in Gaza is now in bookstores and online. www.financialexpress.com/life/lifesty...

If you are addicted to documentaries that expose big cover-ups, we have the perfect book for you! Tanul Thakur 's Wild Wild East is an unputdownable read about the H-1B visa scam. Now in bookstores and online.

'Karnoor crafts an absurd plotline that is both amusing and eerie. Yet, rather than inspiring dread, this altered world offers a strange, almost soothing relief from the anxieties of modern life.' Read @thehindu.com's review of @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social's book: www.thehindu.com/books/books-...

‘Gooday Nagar is, without a doubt, one of the more memorable English-language short story collections published in a long time.’ Read @scroll.in’s review of @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s Gooday Nagar: scroll.in/article/1091...

A brilliant collection of essays from India’s finest naturalist and wildlife scientist, T.R. Shankar Raman. 'The Wild Heart of India: Nature and Conservation in the city, the Country and the Wild' is now available at major bookstores and online.

Attention #Delhi ⚡ We are going bookstore hopping with Tanul Thakur tomorrow! Come join us for some unbelievable H-1B visa scam stories.

Read ‘Ringa Ringa Roses’ from @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s short story collection Gooday Nagar in The Bombay Literary Magazine. bombaylitmag.com/contribution...

Read an extract from Jyoti Yadav’s Faith and Fury, an eye-opening account of the COVID years by one of India’s most fearless reporters. Here: theleaflet.in/governance-a...

The Love Tour is going to be in #Mumbai on 24 April! Join us at Title Waves Bookstore with Paromita Vohra and Richa Chadha.

Read the real life stories of H-1B visa's systemic abuse in Tanul Thakur's Wild Wild East. An investigative book like no other!

"Unmechanical...is a long-due inquiry into the life and times of Ritwik Ghatak in the English language. " Unmechanical by Shamya Dasgupta is in bookstores and online Read the full review here www.outlookindia.com/art-entertai...

Happy pub day to Tanul Thakur's much anticipated debut Wild Wild East ! Get your copy from your favourite bookstore or online.

April is Autism Acceptance Month, which aims to build attention, inclusivity and empathy for people with autism. And we are reading Sangeetha Chakrapani’s memoir Whatever It Takes. It chronicles her journey to securing a life of autonomy and dignity for her children.

Tanul Thakur's much awaited investigative work on the systemic abuse of the H-1B visa programme is coming to bookstores on Monday! Here's a sneak peek from Wild Wild East.

We are excited to announce the Ekada and Ashoka University Centre for Translation, Translation Series, bringing the best of Bengali literature to all readers! Coming soon to your favourite bookstores and online.

'The increasing police visibility is particularly worrying because it points to a situation where an already brutalising power has become more present... without concomitant accountability.' Read this extract from TransForming Rights. www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...

‘I chose to set my stories in my idea of the city as a metropolis of time rather than space.’ @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social talks to Platform Magazine about urban anxiety, shifting cityscapes and humour as a tool to make sense in the modern world. Read: www.platform-mag.com/literature/g...

'He reminds us that history is not only written after the fact. Sometimes, it is written in the ruins, while the dust is still settling.' Read the full review of Jean Pierre Filiu's A Historian in Gaza here. Now in bookstores and online. www.telegraphindia.com/books/in-a-h...

The much-awaited debut by award-winning journalist Tanul Thakur, Wild Wild East unveils a scam that affects millions of American and Indian workers.  This trailblazing exposé releases on 13 April. Pre-order your copy on amzn.in/d/029HT5VY

On World Autism Awareness Day, we are reading Sangeetha Chakrapani’s Whatever It Takes. A moving memoir about motherhood and neurodiversity parenting that chronicles Sangeetha’s journey to secure a life of autonomy and dignity for her children against all odds.

On International Transgender Day of Visibility we are reading about the lives of trans people in India and the legal repercussions of the new Transgender law. TransForming Rights is now in bookstores and online. #transgenderlaw2026 #TransgenderDayofVisibility

'Maryam & Son avoids easy answers about integration or alienation, focusing instead on the internal and external descriptions of a life interrupted.' writes Sanjay Sipahimalani Read the review here www.hindustantimes.com/books/review...

One of the most vivid portrayals of the present of Gaza and its people, A Historian in Gaza is in bookstores and online. Get your copy today!

TransForming Rights (ed. by Jayna Kothari) gives you an intimate, thoughtful and deeply researched perspective into the lives of trans people in India and how the Law shapes their identity and community. Now in bookstores and online #transbill2026

In solidarity! #TransgenderPersonsAmendmentBill2026 #QueerDirections

There's a story for everyone in Love, Sex and India! Get your copy today.

We are thrilled to see both Vidya Rajan and Narayani Basu make it to the shortlist of Auther Awards in the best Non fiction category. Congratulations to both!

This is a charcoal pencil drawing of a dragon dancing through a Calcutta monsoon sky that I did while writing THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR. It can be found inside the Indian edition of the book from @westlandbooks.bsky.social:

Read an extract from @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s Gooday Nagar: amp.scroll.in/article/1090...

We released @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social's Gooday Nagar with Aravind Jayan at Beku. Here are some glimpses from the launch!

If you are a #cinephile in #Bengaluru we have the perfect event for you! Join us for a discussion on Ritwik Ghatak with Shamya Dasgupta, Jayant Kaikini and Sreyashi Dastidar at Champaca Books on 15 March. Register on bit.ly/4rb0IKp

Deadline approaching! We are accepting entires for the second volume of Between Worlds, the IF anthology of new Indian SFF, edited by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. A detailed note and guidelines here: sites.google.com/pratilipi.co...

It's still warm to the touch -- like the jalebies and gulab jamoons Jayesh's mother ate as a cure for her diabetes :)

We are elated to see @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s Gooday Nagar in Elle India’s Must-Read Books of 2026! Here’s the entire reading list: elle.in/life-culture...

Our #Thursday recommendation is Mirza Waheed's evocative new novel Maryam & Son. Get your copy from your favourite bookstore or online.

Hot off the press! Discover the world of Gooday Nagar, a city that could be any and every city in India. @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s spellbinding stories unearth the daily lives of its unusual inhabitants. Out Now!

It’s pub day! Faith and Fury is an eye-opening account of the COVID years by one of India’s most fearless reporters Jyoti Yadav. Now available at all major bookstores and online.

This #LGBTHistoryMonth we are reading TransForming Rights (ed. by Jayna Kothari) where we learn the ways in which laws in India have shaped transgender lives and community. Now in bookstores and online.

#mandatory reading! A Historian in Gaza is now in bookstores and online. Get your copy today.

We loved the two-page spread of Stories We Wear in the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter Get your copy of Shefalee Vasudev's thrilling book at your favourite bookstore and online.

Readers in #Bangalore! We have a bookstore date with @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social. Come and get your copies of Gooday Nagar signed. Happening today!

Advance praise for @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s Gooday Nagar! Coming soon to stores near you. Pre-order your copy today: amzn.in/d/06Moy4m3

“So does this mean that you …” she said slowly “… does this mean you never have to deal with men?” “Not never …” “You are lucky. Men are useless.” Read this hilarious and heartwarming extract from Love, Sex and India. scroll.in/article/1090...

A Historian in Gaza is a must read for everyone! Now in bookstores and online.

Tuesday reading!🤓 TransForming Rights, edited by senior advocate Jayna Kothari is a comprehensive examination of how Indian law shapes transgender lives, identity and community, and the contradiction between legal recognition and lived experiences. Now in bookstores!

The month of love just got lovelier! 🌹🌹 The Love Tour with Paromita Vohra is coming to your city soon! Keep your eyes on this page.